BA, MPhil, PhD (Auckland)

Biography

Dr Aroha Harris belongs to Te Rarawa and Ngapuhi. Her current projects reflect her interest in Māori and iwi histories of Māori policy and community development in the twentieth century. Prior to her university appointment, Aroha variously worked in both historical and social research for Government departments (including the Waitangi Tribunal Division), private organisations, and iwi. She continues to provide research advice to Te Runanga o Te Rarawa on a range of iwi development projects, having previously been involved in the negotiation and settlement of Te Rarawa historical Treaty claims. Aroha is a founding member of Te Pouhere Korero, the national organisation of Māori historians, and co-editor of their journal of the same name. She has variously published in edited collections and academic journals. Her first book, Hikoi: Forty Years of Maori Protest, was published in 2004. Her most recent book, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History (2014), was a collaborative effort with Professor Atholl Anderson and the late Dame Judith Binney. Aroha was appointed a member of the Waitangi Tribunal in 2008, and is currently a member of the Te Rohe Potae (Wai 898) panel.

Harris, A. G., & McCallum, M. J. (2012). "Assaulting the Ears of Government": The Indian Homemakers' Clubs and the Maori Women's Welfare League in their Formative Years. In C. Williams (Ed.) Indigenous Women and Work: From Labor to Activism (pp. 225-239). Urbana, Illinois, USA: University of Illinois Press.

Harris, A. G. (2012). 'Modern in a Traditional Way': The Māori Search for Cultural Equilibrium in a Saying, a Song and a Short Story. In D. Keenan (Ed.) Huia Histories of Maori: Nga Tahuhu Korero (pp. 339-351). Wellington: Huia Publishers.